Juventus coach Sarri defends scratchy victory over Hellas Verona

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22 Sep 2019 • 8:32 AM MYT
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Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri admits they weren't at their best for victory over Hellas Verona.

Miguel Veloso had put Verona in front, even after Samuele Di Carmine missed a penalty, but Aaron Ramsey's deflected effort and a Cristiano Ronaldo spot-kick secured the 2-1 victory.

Perhaps there was some mental fatigue, because you need to immediately recharge the batteries a couple of days later. With a lot of changes, you lose some balance, and that's what we saw today, as we played in fits and starts," Sarri told Sky Sport Italia.

Dybala had a very good game. Ramsey still needs to adapt, but that's pretty natural in the circumstances. Our central midfielder was man-marked, but I think we could've done more with the other two midfielders. Changing two out of three in the middle meant it was clear we could've lost some balance.

This is a team under construction and you can tell. We far too easily forget to defend moving forward and tend to run backwards under pressure, so it'll take a while to get that out of them."

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